ff9 complete working setup

[stackocakes]

I have spent the last week getting this game perfectly working on my computer, I hope these settings will work for you:

MUST use epsxe 1.5.2!!

Plugin: Pete's D3D Driver 1.1.75
GFX card: RADEON 9600 SERIES
Resolution/Color:
- 640x480 Window mode (Can take it higher if computer is fast.)
Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 6
- Hi-Res textures: 2
- VRam size: 128 MBytes
Framerate:
- FPS limit: on
- Frame skipping: on
- FPS limit: 60 (ff9's fps always should be 60)
Compatibility: what ever you do, DO NOT CHANGE THIS
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 3
- Framebuffer access: 3
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: hardware
Misc:
- Scanlines: off [0]
- Unfiltered FB: on
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: on
- Full vram: off
- Game fixes: on [00006201] finally got this to work for movies.


Sound:
P.E.Ops. DSound Audio
mode: 2
reverb: 2
interpolation: 2
Enable XA : on
change XA: off
spu irq 1: on
spu irq 2: on

bios: scph7502.bin ( havent triied any others)

My computer:
AMD AthlonXP 3000+
1024MB Ram
80GB SATA
XP Pro no sp1 or sp2
RADEON 9600 SE
using onboard nforce2 audio codec.


The only problem I have is that I have a ps gamepas look-a-like and the joypads dont work with 1.5.2, but they work with 1.6.0

I went to 1.5.2 becuase i have problems with the movies where they would add the 3d characters into the movie.

Hope this work and ENJOY!

[n_w95482]

Just for clarification, not everyone should have the FPS limit set to 60 as there are people here with PAL copies. The best setting would be Auto.

[hushypushy]

why are you using crappy D3D with a radeon 9600? i'd recommend OGL2 for maximum fun and graphic quality (see http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?p=763330). but some people prefer the old plugins..in that case i'd definitely recommend you to use Pete's OGL1.75 instead. D3D is DX7 but not entirely; it doesnt properly support subtractive blending (OGL does). plus it might be me but the colors in D3D arent as good as OGL.

[Guyver2K6]

Originally Posted by hushypushy

why are you using crappy D3D with a radeon 9600? i'd recommend OGL2 for maximum fun and graphic quality (see http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?p=763330). but some people prefer the old plugins..in that case i'd definitely recommend you to use Pete's OGL1.75 instead. D3D is DX7 but not entirely; it doesnt properly support subtractive blending (OGL does). plus it might be me but the colors in D3D arent as good as OGL.

i use OGL1.75 for all my games, i like it, OGL2 looks kinda grainy for me

[stackocakes]

d3d gives the best grafics, i dont care "if it doesnt run as well." I can see everything im suppose to and my OpenGL plungins dont work with the movies.

all i know is that EVERYthing works like it should and im like 70% through the first cd

[I-Chan]

Just for the record, enabling frame skipping is a bad idea. I'd disable high res textures and be able to play in full 50/60fps. BTW, if ogl isn't working right for you, you should try downloading the latest ati drivers. It works like a charm for me, so does for most of the people on this boards, using either nvidia or ati drivers. In the compatibility settings, fb texture/access should work fine and faster using 2/3. Also, 0/4 can be even faster, as ati cards doesn't handle hardware frambuffer that well.

The problem with the videos isn't exclusively yours, it's a well known problem, and the solution is indeed using 1.5.2. So don't worry about it.

[hushypushy]

if you can live without subtractive blending, well go for it. the AA in OpenGL is better too btw.

[fireblaster_lyz]

I am pretty sure Eternal 1.4.1 works pretty well too.

[hushypushy]

and so does Pete's Dsound

[glory]

FF9 is the easier FF to set up. (FF8 is the hardest, and it doesn't run perfectly at all)